Giuseppe Ettorre: Ep 1, Balance and the French Double Bass Bow

First double bass soloist at the Orchestra of La Scala Philharmonic, Giuseppe Ettorre, discusses his approach to the instrument, including how the double bass should balance when standing and sitting, and how to use the bow to produce a great sound.

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[maxclavenna]

" I never stop trying to improve myself in technical research " ; what a great lesson, said by such a musician ! Grazie Maestro

[simonecanaparo]

Thank you Mo Ettorre for your fresh and open minded approach to this wonderful instrument. Your thoughs reveal a wide and deep mind.

[alaeddinabugrara]

this channel is a gold mine, as always incredible lessons and teachers

[peymannoorbakhsh]

Great gold lessons, I really learn. However, I'm Iranian and I hoped in the auto-translate options there is no Persian option. Some of my students can't understand English.
Still, just watching your ecole teaches things.
🙏🙏🙏💐

[darkocuk]

Maestro Ettorre should open his own youtube channel

[gforce]

Great video! I would add that the advent of the bent endpin changed all of this.

[theadamgardener]

Many years ago I was taught to dig the side of the bow hair in to the lower strings. Hmm, now I am going to try Ettorre's guidance, which is so *obviously explained ('There is a lot of hair on the bow. Use it'). Thank you! This may explain why my arco is so scratchy :-)

[ajavrik]

Надзвичайно цікаво!...Не часто контрабасисти діляться такими 'постановочними' фішками....!Інфо корисно всім!

[brunomaia..]

Ciao Prof. Giuseppe. It is always a great honour to watch your lessons on this magnificient channel.
It is not the first time I notice your arms are so fortunately long that you can actually touch the bridge.
Certainly you have already noticed that almost no contrabassist is able to touch the bridge, I assume. In my particular case I cannot even do all the natural harmonics. For Bottesini I need to use the "artificial harmonics" with a floating thumb on the D string for the highest E D of the Concerto 2, for example. And I play on a 3/4 instrument. So I find it better to play in a sitting position, whenever I practice the solo pieces. Prof. Catalin Rotaru plays on a regular chair, using a tilted endpin. I am thinking of drilling a tilted hole to fit an angled endpin, for better bow weight. What are your thoughts about tilting the endpin?

[nicolassetnarsky]

A very useful video, but the camera balancing is pretty uncomfortable, it seems like we're on a boat in the middle of the ocean. Just a comment, you could try to avoid it.